diff --git a/addons/website/models/website.py b/addons/website/models/website.py
index 434712933f0..0bfd139c17f 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/website.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/website.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class website(osv.osv):
         # Compute Pager
         page_count = int(math.ceil(float(total) / step))
 
-        page = max(1, min(int(page), page_count))
+        page = max(1, min(int(page if page.isdigit() else 1), page_count))
         scope -= 1
 
         pmin = max(page - int(math.floor(scope/2)), 1)